Oliver Skipp

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I’m glad he’s got a first eleven number now, but 4 is an odd choice to me. I always think of it as a defenders number though. I would have preferred to see Skippy with 6 or 8 to be honest, but I assume this was partly his choice.
 
Mandy said:
I’m glad he’s got a first eleven number now, but 4 is an odd choice to me. I always think of it as a defenders number though. I would have preferred to see Skippy with 6 or 8 to be honest, but I assume this was partly his choice.
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He used 4 in most of the academy teams. So I guess that he has some attachment to it.
 
Romero: "17 is free.... Can I have that please?"

Club: "No probs.... Skippy; do you want 4?"

Skipp: "Sounds good... 29 kinda sucks.... Cheers...."
 
Mandy said:
I’m glad he’s got a first eleven number now, but 4 is an odd choice to me. I always think of it as a defenders number though. I would have preferred to see Skippy with 6 or 8 to be honest, but I assume this was partly his choice.
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Bissouma wants #8.
Sanchez is #6 which IMO could well be going Lenglet's way.
 
Mandy said:
I’m glad he’s got a first eleven number now, but 4 is an odd choice to me. I always think of it as a defenders number though. I would have preferred to see Skippy with 6 or 8 to be honest, but I assume this was partly his choice.
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Lots of defensive midfielders take 4 when it's available. Fabregas, Makelele, Viera. It was Guardiola's preferred number, but Koeman had it for a good while when he was at Barca. Maybe more of a Spanish/French thing.. but you see it a decent amount on DM's with good technical ability.
 
Doc said:
Lots of defensive midfielders take 4 when it's available. Fabregas, Makelele, Viera. It was Guardiola's preferred number, but Koeman had it for a good while when he was at Barca. Maybe more of a Spanish/French thing.. but you see it a decent amount on DM's with good technical ability.
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Wasn't Freund 4?
 
Doc said:
Lots of defensive midfielders take 4 when it's available. Fabregas, Makelele, Viera. It was Guardiola's preferred number, but Koeman had it for a good while when he was at Barca. Maybe more of a Spanish/French thing.. but you see it a decent amount on DM's with good technical ability.
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I imagine as a kid, Skipp was well aware of these players...

Now lemme see, Fabregas, Vieira, Makelele, Koeman, Guardiola all wore 4....

Strange how come Skippy wants that number too!???? 🙄
 
Seem to remember Mullery wore 4 and of course the great Danny Blanchflower. I look at it as a defensive midfielders number and it is good for him he got in ahead of Bissouma who I think is still without a number.
 
spursmalc said:
Seem to remember Mullery wore 4 and of course the great Danny Blanchflower. I look at it as a defensive midfielders number and it is good for him he got in ahead of Bissouma who I think is still without a number.
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Bissouma will take #8 when Winks leaves or possibly #20.

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Yves Bissouma - Squad number history

This is the shirt number history of Yves Bissouma from Tottenham Hotspur. This statistic shows which shirt numbers the palyer has already worn in his career.
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1882 said:
I imagine as a kid, Skipp was well aware of these players...

Now lemme see, Fabregas, Vieira, Makelele, Koeman, Guardiola all wore 4....

Strange how come Skippy wants that number too!???? 🙄
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Graham Roberts wore 4.

He started as a ball-winning midfielder before moving to CB.
 
bus-conductor said:
Pretty sure Hoddle wore 4 in his early seasons too.
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Yup, I have distant memories of that too, before Glenn became our Number 10.

Skipp is too young to remember Graham Roberts in his prime. If he wants a modern day reference, Romero would have enjoyed watching Roberts playing against Charlie Nicholas & the scum.

And Souness (as a manager) was so impressed with Roberts' aggressive defending he took him to Glasgow Rangers, along with an ageing Terry Butcher.
 
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